Aaron Balshan is an intelligence analyst with the Levantine Group, a Middle-East based geopolitical risk and research consultancy firm. Previously, Balshan served as a researcher at al-Qasemi Academy, an Arab-Israeli educational institution in Umm al-Fahem, as well as a staff sergeant in the Israel Defense Forces. He completed his bachelor's degree in government studies at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya in 2014, where he was also an Argov Fellow.